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For Cuomo, hardball tactics, intimidation and now allegations of harassment

Andy | March 1, 2021

For Cuomo, hardball tactics, intimidation and now allegations of harassment

The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.

Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling technique in New York — a position that would be reversed months later. Judith Enck, then the regional administrator for the EPA's Region 2, which includes New York and New Jersey, answered the call.

People Share When They Realized Life Was Changing : NPR

Andy | March 1, 2021

1 Year Of COVID-19: People Share When They Realized Life Was Changing : NPR

It has been nearly a year since much of the U.S. entered coronavirus-related lockdowns. For many people, they're approaching the anniversary of when they realized that life as they knew it was being fundamentally altered from how it had been a month, a week or even a day earlier.

The work-from-home era began. Bare grocery store shelves, empty subway cars, the absence of rush-hour traffic all seemed like post-apocalyptic scenes. Things that people often took for granted — like hugs, seeing friends at birthday parties, dinners out together and midday coffee runs with colleagues — were no longer considered safe and harmless as they had been before.

Professional sports leagues canceled or postponed entire seasons, and celebrities like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Around the world, there was still so much unknown about the coronavirus and so much uncertainty about how life would look in two weeks — let alone one year later.

The Man Behind the March on Washington

Andy | March 1, 2021

Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington

2/25/21 by NPR

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/119608496
Episode: https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510333/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/throughline/2021/02/20210225_throughline_bayard_rustin_mastered_w_ads.mp3?awCollectionId=510333&awEpisodeId=970292302&orgId=1&topicId=1136&d=4294&p=510333&story=970292302&t=podcast&e=970292302&size=68548545&ft=pod&f=510333

Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement you may never have heard of. Rustin imagined how nonviolent civil resistance could be used to dismantle segregation in the United States. He organized around the idea for years and eventually introduced it to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But his identity as a gay man made him a target, obscured his rightful status and made him feel forced to choose, again and again, which aspect of his identity was most important.

March 1, 2021 11 AM Update

Andy | March 1, 2021

Average Temperatures

This table shows the average high, median, and low temperatures for the next year. Previous year values are shown in parenthesis. The sun angle is the maximum sun angle at solar noon for the day.

Week	Date	Sun Angle	High	Median	Low
	March 4	41.1°	40 (50)	31 (44)	22 (38)
2	March 17	46.2°	45 (51)	35 (43)	26 (35)
3	March 28	50.5°	50 (51)	40 (41)	30 (30)
5	April 7	54.3°	55 (65)	44 (54)	34 (42)
6	April 18	58.3°	60 (49)	49 (42)	38 (34)
8	May 1	62.6°	65 (61)	54 (55)	43 (49)
10	May 16	66.6°	70 (73)	58 (64)	47 (55)
13	June 3	69.7°	75 (81)	64 (70)	53 (58)
16	June 22	70.8°	80 (95)	69 (83)	59 (70)
24	August 18	60.4°	80 (77)	70 (66)	60 (55)
27	September 8	52.9°	75 (81)	65 (71)	55 (61)
29	September 21	48°	70 (61)	60 (47)	50 (32)
30	October 2	43.7°	65 (60)	55 (52)	45 (43)
32	October 15	38.7°	60 (71)	50 (57)	40 (42)
34	October 28	34.2°	55 (48)	46 (42)	36 (36)
36	November 10	30.2°	50 (70)	42 (52)	33 (34)
38	November 22	27.2°	45 (41)	38 (32)	30 (23)
39	December 4	25.1°	40 (48)	33 (42)	26 (36)
41	December 17	24°	35 (20)	28 (17)	21 (13)
44	January 8	25.2°	30 (39)	22 (30)	15 (21)
50	February 15	34.7°	35 (28)	26 (16)	17 (4)

Definitely thinking about one more night of winter camping this winter in the Adirondacks based on the current weekend forecast

Andy | March 1, 2021

Definitely thinking about one more night of winter camping this winter in the Adirondacks based on the current weekend forecast. Lots of sun, temperatures in the teens and 20s — so no issue with melting snow or mud.

While I will want to top off the oil in the truck and get some groceries, this looks likes a perfect weekend to head north. Do some cross country skiing and an overnight camping. The snow is deep but if I get there early enough, wear my boots, I should be good.

Of course, there is still 5 days away and the forecast could still change.